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I prefer Donkey to Dumb Ass
Heard someone (okay. It was me.) say ‘Your posts seem pretty dark. Why not be more happy. You’ve got it all. Who could ask for anything...
cdavid508
Nov 21, 20201 min read
I Pray for Jose
Jose awakens, an empty bottle of mescal in his left hand, an empty six shooter in his right. There are three serape-draped bodies lying...
cdavid508
Nov 21, 20201 min read
Backhanded Apologies
Wow. Glancing back over my posts, I see that I’ve been channeling Twitter Trump, but without the audience. Like him, I’ve really got...
cdavid508
Nov 21, 20201 min read
Right?
Remember when this time of year was ‘Glad Tidings’ and ‘Good Cheer.’ But 2020 is us bending over and crying, ‘Thank you, Sir. May I have...
cdavid508
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Chance Encounter
Fucking Harold. The high school bully. Haven’t seen him in, shit, 50 years. But there he is in front of me in the self checkout line in...
cdavid508
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Ugh.
Ran into Pollyanna at the supermarket. Her cart was, of course, filled with flowers and gift cards. I made the mistake of asking her how...
cdavid508
Nov 20, 20201 min read
I still embrace dumb ideas
I argue with my wife and it’s “Fuck you! I’m sleeping outside! I’m not sleeping with you!” Actually, no big deal. Summer evening; I’m...
cdavid508
Nov 19, 20201 min read
One more thing
The man sings “Ain’t it funny... How time slips away...” Is this Irony? Cause it’s caught me crying God! It’s so far beyond my bedtime.
cdavid508
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Rudy, Rudy? Goodnight kiss?
I’m thinking ‘bout goin’ to bed; Slipping between the sheets and cuddling up to the dog who always separates me from my wife. Yup. That’s...
cdavid508
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Well, damn. I just remembered
Remember when you were Facebook dissin’ me? Nah. Of course not. You and your ten thousand Wannabe FB friends. You’re cruel - each of you....
cdavid508
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Damn! I forgot what I had to say
Lucky you.
cdavid508
Nov 19, 20201 min read
I don’t get it either
“After all tomorrow is another day” - Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind Now there’s a bromide to embrace.
cdavid508
Nov 18, 20201 min read
Remember? I do.
There are so many words to describe one’s emotions. If I’m limited to one it would be Disappointment.
cdavid508
Nov 18, 20201 min read
Me at the Starbucks Drive Through
“Why bother?” “What’s the point?” Fuck you! Stop asking me that! Fucking brain. Never leaves me alone. “Oh. Sorry. Thinking out loud. So...
cdavid508
Nov 17, 20201 min read
The Blues
“Kiss me quick. Can I get another?” Buddy Guy. “You’re like the warm sun on a cold afternoon” Mia Borders. “I know you’re workin’ on me...
cdavid508
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Room with a View
I’m having a hard time rising. I lie here just wishing to go back to sleep for the next 300 years. But it’s not to be. Emptily, I stare...
cdavid508
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Another Ray of Sunshine Deflected
Ever wake up sad for no reason And dejectedly face the day? I do. I have. I will. I’m never sure why. Is it explainable? Sometimes I weep...
cdavid508
Nov 16, 20201 min read
That kinda day
It’s been that kinda day. We’re not seeing Aye to Aye. Sometimes I’m a low-yield nuclear bomb on the edge of detonation. I’z talking to...
cdavid508
Nov 15, 20201 min read
Infinite word play
Look where we are. Somewhere between the infinitude of the edge of the universe and the infinitesimal Big Bang that gave rise to it....
cdavid508
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Actually, No, I haven’t
“Have you ever been hated or discriminated against? I have.“ I so love these opening lines of Eminem’s ‘I’m cleaning out my closet.’ ...
cdavid508
Nov 4, 20201 min read
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